Conservation & Wildlife

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 01/08/2021 20:36

Rwanda makes more room for gorillas

Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park is being expanded by nearly 40 square miles in order to accommodate the growing population of mountain gorillas, the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and Rwandan government disclosed.

Population research figures from 2016 show that the total gorilla population has topped 600 individuals, up from 480 in… read more

• Destinations
• Conservation & Wildlife
• 01/08/2021 20:36

Great Plains' new Botswana tours transform guests into explorers

Dereck Joubert, CEO of Great Plains Conservation, and his wife, Beverly, will be launching a new range of conservation expeditions in Botswana.

The expeditions will be about discovery-based adventures, as opposed to ticking off a checklist, and will contribute to science by cataloguing events and wildlife. Travelers will reli… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 30/07/2021 04:40

Zimbabwe reintroduces black rhinos to 2nd largest national park

Zimbabwe is re-introducing black rhinos to its second-largest game reserve, Gonarezhou National Park, the first time that the wildlife sanctuary will be home to the critically endangered species in nearly 30 years.

The initiative is part of measures to restore and promote biodiversity through the reintroduction of locally ex… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 29/07/2021 16:28

DRC’s Salonga National Park removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 29/07/2021 05:46

Rhino and elephant poaching declines in Namibia

Rhino and elephant poaching has declined significantly this year in Namibia, home to the only free-roaming black rhinos left in the world, government data showed on Monday.

Nine rhinos have been illegally killed by hunters so far in 2021, the lowest number in eight years for the period, according to the figures … read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 22/07/2021 13:36

Tanzania's Selous Game Reserve remains in World Heritage Site list

The Selous Game Reserve remains in the list of the World's Heritage sites, it has been revealed today. The Tanzania delegation has managed to convince the UNESCO World Heritage Committee not to delist the famous Game Reserve from the World Heritage Sites.

The reserve is a home of large numbers of elephants, black rhinoceroses, cheet… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 22/07/2021 13:28

Africa’s largest rainforest removed from ‘World Heritage in Danger’ list

Africa’s largest tropical rainforest reserve, the Salonga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been removed from UNESCO’s ‘World Heritage in Danger’ list.

The UNESCO committee also welcomed the clarification fro… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 20/07/2021 08:41

Tana Leaders push to rescue abandoned primate reserve centre

Leaders in Tana River County have called on the State Department of Tourism to save a local primate reserve and research centre.The Tana River Primate Reserve and Research Centre, locally known as Muchelelo, is losing its value for research and potential for revenue, they said.

"The whole place looks deserted, sad and desolat… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 17/07/2021 05:35

Makumu Private Game Lodge - Wild Life Report

Winter is slowly approaching, which means early morning coffees, hot water bottles and late night fires around the dinner table. Welcome to another update from the Klaserie Private Nature Reserve and Makumu Private Game Lodge, your home away from home. I will be covering some of the exciting things that we encountered over the last 2 mont… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 13/07/2021 05:12

Did You Know - Mikumi National Park

THE Mikumi National Park near Morogoro, Tanzania, was established in 1964. It covers an area of 3,230 km2 is the fourth largest in the country. The park is crossed by Tanzania's A-7 highway. Mikumi National Park borders Selous Game Reserve on the south, the two areas forming a unique ecosystem.

Two other natural areas bordering… read more